In order to encourage a tenant to lease space in a shopping center, a landlord sometimes will agree to give the tenant some protection from competing businesses by granting the tenant an "exclusive" right to operate its business in the center...
Although small tenants often do not think of themselves as having much leverage in a lease negotiation with a landlord, there can often be situations, particularly in the context of a strip center, where a landlord may be highly motivated to lease...
